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    Area of Science:

    • Optics and Photonics
    • Nonlinear Optics
    • Optical Switching

    Background:

    • Optical switching is crucial for advanced computing and telecommunications.
    • Existing methods often face challenges with noise sensitivity and reversibility.
    • Nonlinear interfaces offer potential for novel switching functionalities.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To achieve reliable optical switching at a nonlinear interface.
    • To demonstrate a device configuration that is noise-insensitive and cascadable.
    • To explore bit-conserving inverse and product functions for reversible operations.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a two-beam information lossless interaction.
    • Employed a dual-beam interface with opposing diffusive Kerr nonlinearities.
    • Performed numerical computations of optical field redistribution.

    Main Results:

    • Achieved reliable optical switching based on interaction symmetry.
    • Demonstrated a noise-insensitive and cascadable device configuration.
    • Reported the first evidence of Gaussian-like switching with high contrast.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed method enables robust and reversible optical switching.
    • The device's performance is insensitive to noise, allowing for practical applications.
    • High-contrast Gaussian-like switching opens new avenues in optical information processing.